{1} 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐒𝐄𝐘𝐄 | p.jackson

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦

| chapter five |
in which they leave camp ( on a death-defying quest! )

NIA SAT ON HER DESK CHAIR IN CABIN EIGHT, fiddling with the Rubix Cube that her mother had given her as a gift a few weeks before she had run away. She was worried about Grover, about what would happen to the camp. It seemed like all Nia's life consisted of was worries.

Sighing, Nia placed the solved cube on her desk and looked out the window, moonlight shining down on her face. She instantly felt stronger, more powerful. Nia assumed that it was because of the moonlight — her mother was the goddess of the moon.

Suddenly, Nia heard Percy yell, "Help! Attack! Monster attack!"

Nia immediately raced out of her cabin and ran towards Percy's voice. Suddenly, she saw Annabeth, Naomi, and Tyson outside of their respective cabins too.

"Did you hear Percy?" Naomi asked, frantic.

"Yeah, he was shouting for help," Annabeth said, looking around the camp. "Where is he, though?"

"Where is Percy?" Tyson asked, clearly worried. "Percy!"

"Help!" Percy's voice shouted again.

Nia snapped her head towards the sand dunes and made her way there, the other three following. "I think he's over at the beach! Come on! Percy!"

Finally, they all made it to Percy, who was staring at the waves with two items by side — a thermos and a bottle of what looked like. . . gummy vitamins? There were also three yellow dufflebags at his feet, and a black hunting bag — Nia's black hunting bag, Moonbeam. She hadn't even realized that it was missing from her cabin. A giant cruise ship was sailing way off in the distance.

"What happened?" Naomi asked him. "You woke us up!"

"What's going on?" asked Annabeth. "I heard you calling for help!"

"Me too!" Tyson said. "Heard you yell, 'Bad things are attacking!'"

"I didn't call you guys," Percy said. "I'm fine."

"But then who. . ." Annabeth seemed to notice the things that were next to Percy. "What—"

"We just heard you yelling for help, Jackson," Nia said, crossing her arms. "What the fuck happened?"